The Senate passed its FSGG appropriations act for fiscal year 2019 Thursday. CUNA wrote Senate leadership last week to support the bill, which contains full funding levels for several federal programs that credit unions utilize.

Major merchant data breaches continue to put millions of consumers at risk, CUNA and other financial trade organizations wrote in a joint letter Tuesday. The letter follows up a letter CUNA wrote last week on the same topic.

The Senate voted Tuesday to extend the National Flood Insurance Program until Nov. 30, providing program funding for an additional four months. CUNA supports the extension, which passed the House last week.

CUNA will be engaged with several Senate activities this week, including consideration of several bills on the Senate floor and the Senate Banking Committee vote on the nomination of Kathy Kraninger to serve as BCFP director. 

Credit union stakeholders can still register for Tuesday’s free webinar on CUNA’s latest MAP campaign, Stop the Data Breaches. The webinar is free to CUNA members, and is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. (ET) July 31.

CUNA appreciates NCUA’s efforts to expand opportunities to provide short-term, small-dollar loans, and prefers a holistic approach to Payday Alternative Loan products that are flexible for credit unions and consumers, but not overly prescriptive,”

CUNA launched its latest Member Activation Program campaign this week, focused on educating and activating members to call on Congress to enact data breach legislation. A webinar on the campaign will be held July 31.

The NCUA conducted a recent webinar in which staff discussed how credit union employees can help their members maximize NCUSIF coverage. A CUNA CompBlog entry examines what agency staff say about various account types.

Mitigating losses from data breach remains a top credit union priority, CUNA wrote to Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio), chair of the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on digital commerce and consumer protection Friday.

CUNA and leagues will be on hand at the National Conference of State Legislatures Legislative Summit July 30-Aug. 2 in Los Angeles, hosting an America’s Credit Unions’ booth, as well as other networking and social events.